This is exactly the kind of case that Ashcroft [i]shouldn't[/i] be pointing to in demonstrating his support of the 2nd. Like the two D.C. cases currently working their way through the courts, this is clearly just another example of a criminal hiding behind the 2nd as his last line of defense. Talk about handing the Democrats a campaign issue: "Bush Administration Advocates Arming Criminals!"
(John, if you're lurking, listen to me — Take your time, and choose your case carefully. We'll wait for you.)[:D]

I'm not sure that his second ammendment rights would apply as his actions took place outside of the US. BTW was that a US legal AK? Perhaps he was violating the 1934 law, as well as the 1989 law. In fact, since all his actions took place outside the US while an illegal combatant and a member of a terrorist organization, I'm not sure why we are entertaining his rights at all. Shouldn't he have been court martialed and shot as a spy?

Trusting your life to the benevolence of an armed criminal is not a strategy, it is stupid!

Don't be surprised when it is a criminal case that exposes the government's overstepping of the Constitution. There are a mere 20K gun laws that allow a citizen to become a criminal.
Criminal drug cases have allowed for Constitutional violations of search and seizure and property rights also.

If you don't talk to your cat about catnip, who will?

When words lose their meaning, a people can move neither hand nor foot. Confucius

Originally Posted By nightstalker:
Criminal drug cases have allowed for Constitutional violations of search and seizure and property rights also.

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The so-called (and unwinnable) "War on Drugs" has probably usurped more of our rights than any other single cause.
To the sheeple it 'must' be alright if it's for the DEA. The problem is that laws passed do not apply to solely to any criminal element.

Quemadmoeum gladuis neminem occidit, occidentis telum est.” (A sword is never a killer, it is a tool in the killer’s hands.)

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Originally Posted By redray:
i would love to shoot the son of a bitch myself.
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Ditto for me.[50]
Be careful the FBI is watching.[shock]
You should read Tom Clancy's book: Without Remorse, Oh John Clark tore shit up, and so quietly.